Goodcheer68
Puritan Board Sophomore
I am just sort of thinking out loud and trying to get a clearer foundation to formulate some arguments. So forgive my lack of an exact point. I'm just looking for clarification right now.
I was curious how do dispensationalist classify the believers before Abraham? It would seem in order to be consistant in their beliefs, that if ethnic Israel are God's chosen people, both couldn't just fall under OT saints? They would still have to break them into two groups right? Then ultimately dispensationalist make 3 groups of God's people; 1. pre-Abraham believers, 2. Abraham and ethnic Israel, and 3. NT Church. The pre-Abraham believers I guess would then have to have the same status as the NT Church compared to ethnic Israel in their eyes- right?
I was curious how do dispensationalist classify the believers before Abraham? It would seem in order to be consistant in their beliefs, that if ethnic Israel are God's chosen people, both couldn't just fall under OT saints? They would still have to break them into two groups right? Then ultimately dispensationalist make 3 groups of God's people; 1. pre-Abraham believers, 2. Abraham and ethnic Israel, and 3. NT Church. The pre-Abraham believers I guess would then have to have the same status as the NT Church compared to ethnic Israel in their eyes- right?